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Flower of Life

Tom of Finland

My first kit! Thanks to John Chaich for passing along for me to stitch! The limited edition kit was created by Pearler in collaboration with the Tom of Finland Foundation.

Color Study 2

Color Study 1

Black

Cream

Rose

NSA

Walthall Fellowship Exhibition

The Walthall Fellowship Exhibition opens this Friday at Gallery 72 from 7:00-9:00 pm. Come see the work that I've been building over the past year for WonderRoot's Walthall program. I'm looking forward to sharing space with Iman Person, Antonio Darden, Jessica Caldas, Onur Topal-Sumer, and Julie Sims (Round 2 to follow September 19th) Special thanks to my fellowship mentor Joey Orr for his insight and support. (Image by Onur Topal-Sumer)

Circles on Pink

For Joey Orr

Circles on Blue

For Ezra Longley-Cook

WonderFarm

  
The photo booth environment I created for WonderFarm.

Queer Threads

The RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop in Queer Threads at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.

Press: The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and OUT.

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop - Combination of Front and Back Views (Back Flipped)

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop - Combination of Front and Back Views

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop - Back View

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop

Lavonia Elberton - Back View

Lavonia Elberton

Lavonia Elberton 9

Lavonia Elberton 8

Lavonia Elberton 7

Xee Xee Bow Dong - Back View

Xee Xee Bow Dong

Brigitte Bidet - Back View

Brigitte Bidet

Ellisorous Rex - Back View

Ellisorous Rex

Cayenne Rouge - Back View

Cayenne Rouge

WonderRoot Podcast

Check out this podcast on the RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop.

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop

Upcoming show Serving Face.

Atlanta Magazine - Serving Face

Serving Face is featured in this month's Atlanta Magazine.

Serving Face

Upcoming Show!

Art Papers

My RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop is featured in the July/August issue of Art Papers.

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop : First 2 Finished Frames & Website Launch

The website for my RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop is up. Frame 7 by Jess Bernhart (above) and Frame 20 by Nathan Sharratt (below) are the first two frames to be completed.  33 more to go!

Lavonia Elberton 6

Lavonia Elberton 5

Lavonia Elberton 4

Stitch 'N' Bitch!

Mary's is hosting a Stitch 'n' Bitch for the RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop. Come check out the amazing work and get a peek at the process.

Olisa Corcoran's frame is coming along nicely! Thanks to Ben Cheaves for putting together the flyer and for helping organize the event.

RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop - WonderRoot Sessions

The are photos of the RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation Workshop from our time at WonderRoot.  We met over 4 Wednesday nights to learn cross stitch, view experimental animation, celebrate local drag, and discuss GIF culture.

Participating artists include:

Ashley Anderson, Paul Bazen, Kimberly Binns, Jess Bernhart, Katherine Bernhart, Rachel Burnstein, Clay Butterworth, Shay Buckley, Kaitlin Commiskey, Olisa Corcoran, Lauren Cunningham, Jared Dawson, Kate Doubler, Sarah Durning, Jane Garver, Maggie Ginestra, Sally Hansell, Brooke Hatfield, Tricia Hersey-Patrick, Andre Keichian, Taryn Kelly, Christina León, Adrienne Lowe, Romy Aura Maloon, Lauren Macdonald, Amy Salley, Steve Sauer, Chris Seely, Nathan Sharratt, Nathaniel Smith, Christa Tinsley Spaht, Hester Starnes, Mike Stasny, Drew Watts & Elizabeth Yates.

The workshop featured drag performances by:
Kryean Kally, Xee Xee Bow Dong, Justice Tyana Taylor, Lavonia Elberton, Cayenne Rouge, Violet Chachki (pictured above), & Ellisorous Rex.